I have exchanged several emails with Mai Hayashi of the Ricoh International Sales & Marketing Group), but it is not yet clear whether they will provide a GRD II unit for comparative testing on Serious Compacts.

Ricoh makes some of the finest tools around for photographers who choose to use compacts. We have provided both technical and field reports on the excellent Caplio GX100 in the context of broad coverage of advanced Ricoh compacts.

If you'd like to see the GR Digital II or other Ricoh digital cameras tested on this site, please leave a comment on this post below. I've sent an email asking Ms. Hayashi to look at the comments here as proof of our readers' interest in Ricoh products.

5/14/08 Addendum - Good news! See comments for details, and please keep your comments and suggestions coming!